none more so than joe biden ♪ bursting in air >> that man either loves his country very much or chuck schumer just ripped one. >> all right. "early start" continues right now. >> wow. >>> america on ice. from the midwest to the mid-atlantic, subzero cold causes misery and it also takes more lives. >>> new this morning, a defiant north korea threatening more nuclear tests and calling the u.s. its sworn enemy. >>> winning the right to fight for the first time, the pen gone will allow women in combat on the front lines. good morning. thanks for being with us this morning, welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. it is thursday, january 24th, 6:00 a.m. in the east. and don't move. trust me. stay under the covers now becau freezing. the bitter cold blast gripping much of the country is not expected to go away any time soon. in new york people look like mummies on the street with the temperatures plunging into the single digits. even for late january, this is pretty serious. resorts in new hampshire feeling like it's 84 below zero. authorities say three people